From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
G. I. GURDJIEFFLove without knowledge is demonic.
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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
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Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
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Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.
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Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
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Love without knowledge is demonic.
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Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.
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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment – only you must first realize this.
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